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TransformingTraumaticMaterial

TraumaInformedCare

“What’sWRONGWITHTHEPERSON?”

TO

“WhatHAPPENEDTOTHEM?”


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Resilience

Theprocessofadaptingwellinthefaceofadversity,trauma,tragedy,threatsorsignificantsourcesofstress—"bouncingback"fromdifficultexperiences.


• Keepapositiveattitude• Reframeyourstressfulthoughts

• Developyourmoralcompass

• Findaresilientrolemodel

• Faceyourfears

• Developactivecoping

skills• Establishandnurtureasupportive socialnetwork

• Prioritizeyourphysicalwell‐being

• Trainyourbrain• Playtoyourstrengths

TenIngredientsofResilience


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Storytelling


InstillingHope

Injury

Restoration

Healing

Growth


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NegotiatingTheTension


AssimilationAccommodation

Reconfiguration

AccommodateNew

Information

AccommodateNew

InformationReviseandRe‐ AuthorMentalFramework

LetGoofPrevious

Assumptions

LetGoofPrevious

Assumptions

Joseph, Stephen. What Doesn't Kill Us:The New Psychology of Posttraumatic Growth (p. 107). Basic Books. Kindle Edition

ModifyPerceptionsModify

Perceptions


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FindingEquilibrium


DoyouthrowitoutPutitbacktogether

Createsomethingnew


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ExistentialWakeUpCallCopyrightBonnieEOwens,LCSW2018

SpiritualGrowth

Traumaticexperience,illness,canalsoemergeastheanswertoaprayer.Itcanphysicallyguideusontoapathofinsightandlearninguponwhichwewouldotherwiseneverhavesetfoot.

CarolineMyss,Ph.D.


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“Itisthosewhocaneventuallybringmeaningtobearontheirsufferingwhoaremorelikelytorecoverandthrive.”

Vicktor Frankl,MD


ThroughtheTraumaintothelightofGrowth


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PostTraumaticGrowthAconstructofpositivepsychologicalchangethatoccursastheresultofone’sstrugglewithahighlychallenging,stressful,andtraumaticevent.

CalhounandTedeschi(2006)


PostTraumaticGrowth

Posttraumaticgrowthmeansgoingbeyondpreviouslevelsoffunctioning.

AdaptedfromO’LearyandIckovics (1995).

Joseph,Stephen.WhatDoesn'tKillUs: TheNewPsychologyofPosttraumaticGrowth.(p.69).BasicBooks.KindleEdition.


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PTGGenerallyOccurs

Oncetheemotionalprocessingfromthetragedyismostlyover,peoplecanmoveintotheopportunitiesfornewchangeandgrowth.

CalhounandTedeschi,(2004)


PTGTraitsFaceIntothedifficultyOpentoChangeAcceptanceEncouragingSupportSystemSenseofPurposeRealisticOptimismSenseofHumorPersonalMission

CalhounandTedeschi,(2004)


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Relating to Others

Relating to Others

New Possibilities

New Possibilities

Personal Strength Personal Strength

Spiritual ChangeSpiritual Change

A Deeper Appreciation

of Life

A Deeper Appreciation

of Life

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The5Domainsof“PostTraumatic

Growth”

CalhounandTedeschi2004

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TEAMRUBICON


PostTraumatic

GrowthInventory


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PathwaysToChange

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PostTraumaticGrowthAnd

TwelveStepPrograms


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Storytelling



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TraumaTherapistSensitiveandanExperiencedguide.Understandlifeishard,thatmovingonafteradversityisastruggle.CapableofsittingwiththeirclientsandlistencompassionatelytotheiraccountsoftraumaandtheirstrugglestomoveforwardAccepttheirtaskistobepatient,toletpeoplemoveattheirownspeedsandintheirowndirections.

Joseph,Stephen.WhatDoesn'tKillUs:TheNewPsychologyofPosttraumaticGrowth(p.149).BasicBooks.KindleEdition


Facilitategrowth,notassomeonewhocreatesgrowth.Followwheretheclientsgo—andiftheclientsbegintonoticegrowth,andtolabelitassuchthemselves,thenthetherapistmayshinealightonitsotheclientscanpickitup,lookatitfromdifferentangles,andmaketheirowndecisionsastowhattodowithit.Understandsthemeaningapersonfindsmustbeuniquetothatpersonandhisorhersituation.

Joseph,Stephen.WhatDoesn'tKillUs:TheNewPsychologyofPosttraumaticGrowth(p.149).BasicBooks.KindleEditionBonnieEOwens,LCSW©2018

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